Can I join, I've been lurking for a while. My dh was laid off at the beginning of September. Unemployment has not been enough to keep up with the bills. We have 5 kids, we were already as frugal as...

I once had a very nice neighbor who loved to give my dd stuff, her daughters were grown and she missed them terribly. This was stuff I would never get for my dd, boxes full of heavily scented soaps,...

I'm not sure where this should go but it's mainly about money so I'll try here and possible separation so I'm posting in single parenting and f&f.
I've been a sahm for 4 years, before that I was in...

We do get food stamps and I don't feel bad about it. The few times it's been brought up to me I politly pointed out that in order for me to work then I would need to put 3 of my 4 children in school...